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Where to get a great deal on a round of golf

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inderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now about to become the Masters champion. Oh, sorry, that was Carl Spackler, the groundskeeper in Caddyshack, but it also could be you! Learn how the other half lives at the 100-plus-year-old (opened: 1897), Donald Ross-designed Newton Commonwealth Golf Course. The secret, other than that you’d never believe there was a golf course behind this densely populated neighborhood? Not only can you get a free round of golf on your birthday, but students save 25 percent on weekdays, and everyone pays for 37 percent off after 5 p.m. on weekdays and for half price after 5 p.m. on weekends. Just be the ball, be the ball, be the ball. Goldberg